Humidifier



.(No Model.)

H. J. BARNES;

HUMIDIFIER. No. 588,944. Patented Aug. 31,1897.

Witnesses: Ira/vendor:

lTenr Jiliarnes,

THE NORRIS FETERS c0, PHOYO-LII'NOV WASNINGTON. D. c.

UNITED STATES P TENT OFFICE.

HENRY J. BARNES, OF BOSTON,

MASSACHUSETTS.

HUMIDIFEER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 588,944, dated August 31, 1897.

Application filed February 19, 1897. Serial No. 624,197.

Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Humidifiers, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

My invention relates to humidifiers, and has for its object the imparting of a considerable quantity of moisture to the heated air entering a room; and it consists in certain novel features of construction, arrangement, and combination of parts which will be readily understood by reference to the description of the accompanying drawings and to the claims hereto appended and in which my invention is clearly pointed out.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a'perspective view of a humidifier embodying my. invention with the outer casing cut in section. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the humidifier proper with the outer casing removed, and Fig. 3 is a vertical section cn line m an on Fig. 2.

In the drawings, A is a tank made, preferably, of sheet metal and designed to be filled nearly full of water and having secured in each corner thereof an upright rod Ct, preferably of metal wire, the upper ends of which rods or wires are connected to a rectangular wire frame I), one at each corner of said tank, said frameb being located'about a foot (more or less) above the upper edge of the tank A, and said frame also has attached thereto a series of horizontal wires 0 0, arranged parallel to and equidistant from each other, as shown.

To each of the wires 0 c issuspended, by

V the hooks d d, a rectangular sheet 2, of cotton,

felt, or other suitable absorbent material capable of raising water by capillary attraction, the lower portions of which are immersed in the water in said tank, as shown in Fig. 3.

B is a rectangular casing made, preferably, of wood, having its bottom or one side open and another side provided with a series of openings for the passage of the heated and humidified air into the room. These openings may be cut through the wooden side of the case in any desired ornamental form, or the wooden portion of said side of the case may be in the form of a rectangular frame, as f, and the panel of said frame may be filled (No model.)

with a sheet of wire-netting g, as shown in Fig. 1.

The top of the casing B is provided with a hinged portion B, which may be opened to admit of the tank A being refilled with water when desired without lifting the whole casing. The humidifier shown in the drawings is designed to be used in connection with a register set in the floor, as shown at O in Fig. 1, in which case the humidifier proper-that is, the tank A, the wire framework, and the pendent absorbent sheets-is placed at one side of the register, and the casing is made large enough to cover the humidifier and the register, has an open bottom, and the side thereof through which the air is discharged into the room is upon that side opposite to the register, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1, so as to compel the heated air escaping from the register to pass between the wet pendent sheets 6. If, however,'the register is in the Wall of the room, the humidifier is placed in front of the register, with the pendent absorbent sheets eat right angles to the face of the wall, and the casing 13 has an opening in one of its upright sides of a size as great as the area of said register, with the netting panel or perforated side oppositethe register.

This humidifier may be successfully used in connection with steam-radiators or clusters of steam-pipes, with only slight changes in the size and shape of the inclosing casing, without departing from the principles of my invention.

The number and size of the absorbent sheets to be used may vary to any desired extent consistent with economy of space to be occupied by the humidifier, the size of the room in which it is to be used, and the degree of moisture required, as in some cases 1 should use only one absorbent sheet, but of considerable size, while in other cases I should use eight or ten, but of smaller size, being governed by the circumstances of each individual case as it arises.

The operation of my invention will bereadily understood from the foregoing without further explanation here.

One great advantage of this humidifier is that it has an evaporating-surface that can be increased or diminished at will to suit the conditions and requirements of any individual case.

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In a humidifier the combination of a Water-tank; a light framework elevated above said tank; an absorbent fabric suspended from said framework and partially immersed in the Water in said tank; an outer casing constructed and arranged to inclose the humidifier proper and the source of heat entering the room and having a side thereof perforated to admit the passage of the heated and humidified air to the room.

2. In a humidifier the combination of a water-tank; a light framework elevated above said tank; an absorbent material suspended HENRY J. BARNES.

Witnesses:

N. O. LOMBARD, FRANK G. WINsoR, 

